Residents return home as Canary Islands blaze weakens

Residents forced from their homes when a devastating wildfire erupted on the Spanish holiday island of…

World's first link layer protocol brings quantum internet closer to a reality

Researchers from QuTech have achieved a world’s first in quantum internet technology. A team led by…

Scientists unpack the history of Western France, written in 300 million year old rainwater

For the first time scientists have been able to reconstruct the chemical composition of rainwater from…

Rise of dinosaurs linked to increasing oxygen levels

Scientists have found that increasing oxygen levels are linked to the rise of North American dinosaurs…

Origin of massive methane reservoir identified

New research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) published Aug. 19, 2019, in the Proceedings of…

Water pollution can reduce economic growth by a third: World Bank

Heavily polluted water is reducing economic growth by up to a third in some countries, a…

Mathematical framework turns any sheet of material into any shape using kirigami cuts

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed…

You butter believe it: Low-calorie spread made mostly of water

Cornell University food scientists have created a new low-calorie ‘butter’ spread that consists mostly of water.…

Study reveals profound patterns in globally important algae

A globally important ocean algae is mysteriously scarce in one of the most productive regions of…

500-year-old mummy of Incan girl returns to Bolivia

A 500-year-old mummy of an Incan girl has been returned to Bolivia some 129 years after…